The episode that made us realize thats cartoons could hurt.

This was the first time a cartoon made silence feel louder than any scream. No dialogue… just loyalty.

Curious—did this scene ruin you instantly, or was it one of those slow ache moments that hit after the episode ended?

same, but my cat instead.

That's an unpopular opinion??

Luck of the Fryrish is about a human connection that becomes more meaningful after Fry disappears. Yance honors his brother's memory and Philip becomes the first person on Mars, possibly because of the influence of Fry's memory. It's a story of triumph and victory, although also sad.

Game of Tones is a victorious story too.

Jurassic Bark takes a look at Fry in a low point of his life and the joy that Seymour gives him. The reward for that joy is tragedy. Seymour is left on his own, waiting for Fry. Retcon be damned, the story contained in that episode is devastating. There's no reunion, no understanding of old relationships that enrich them, just a long slow sad end.

You’re spitting pure logic and I respect the hill you chose. But there’s something primal about Seymour’s wait—it taps into the kind of loyalty we wish people had for us.

That said: “He named his son after me” in Luck of the Fryish still punches me in the soul every time.

Real question: what’s the most underrated emotional Futurama episode?

I buried these feelings beneath metric tons of Star Trek memes, how dare you resurface them.

I may be a little weird in this respect but the loss of a pet has always hit me harder than the loss of a family member. I lost my great grandmothers and my grandfather and felt much less upset than when I had to BE my dog.

Human relationships can be deeper but they're harder to conceptualize for a random viewer. Animal relationships are simpler and purer and it's easier to fully grok for a viewer.

'the flower we saw that day' is just as bad... only over an entire mini series.

Grave of the Fireflies was emotional terrorism. I watched it once and aged ten years.

Any other “safe” animated films that emotionally ambushed you?

In it's original run in Japan it was shown together with My Neighbor Tororo, probably the happiest Ghibli movie, as a counterweight.

Facts. That Lars twist softened the blow a little—but didn’t fully patch the trauma. It’s like putting a Band-Aid on a hole in time.

Facts. That Lars twist softened the blow a little—but didn’t fully patch the trauma. It’s like putting a Band-Aid on a hole in time.

If you watch the Comedy Central episodes, Seymour had a good long life with Fry's time travel paradox twin before he was flash-fossilized.

Eaited” lives in my head rent-free. And yeah, Fry really said “nah, I’m good” and just walked away like Seymour wasn’t a whole monument. Defosilize my boy

thats exactly what I was thinking.

Most fry-focused episodes are quite emotional.

Luck of the Fryish.

"I've dreamed about you a lot since you disappeared."

Absolutely brutal. A mother whose son has vanished.

I know Lars undid all these things, but we didn't know that was going to be the case at the time.

Bro, if you survived The Secret of NIMH and All Dogs Go to Heaven, you’re basically emotionally vaccinated. Don Bluth made sure we grew up with trust issues and artistic trauma.

Right‽ That toaster was correct to be scared. The junkyard scene was terrifying.

Lela’s birthday episode hit like a delayed heartbreak. You think it’s a gag… then BAM—“Nobody remembered… because nobody ever had.” Futurama did emotional ambushes too well.

Real ones know 1998 wasn’t ready for that kind of pain. Ash letting go of Butterfree with “The Time Has Come” playing? That was a core memory fracture.

Bold of you to post this in a Jurassic Bark world. That dog waited. He waited. You may not have felt it… but millions of us were never the same after that sidewalk fadeout.